Introduction to Oral History Research - Incite at Columbia University

An interactive workshop, participants will be introduced to oral history as a dynamic tool for engaged, collaborative research.

Oral history—a conversation about the past, happening in the present, and oriented towards the future—is a core part of human life. Oral history can also be a more formalized research practice. In this interactive workshop, participants will be introduced to oral history as a dynamic tool for engaged, collaborative research, in applications from qualitative social sciences to the creation of primary sources for historical archives. Topics will include:

• Critical history of oral history as a research practice
• Interviewing and listening
• Brief introduction to 

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Project design and planning

Amy Starecheski, Director of OHMA